Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo

Date of birth: 25-02-1992
Rose Matafeo started doing stand-up comedy at 15; and she went on to win best newcomer at the 2010 New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and the Billy T Award, which recognises up-and-coming Kiwi comedians, in 2013. In 2018 she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for her show Horndog, which had previously been nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival the same year.
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Rose Matafeo cast in true crime spoof

Comic joins Felicity Kendal in NZ show Small Town Scandal

 Rose Matafeo is to star in a TV adaptation of a spoof true crime podcast.

The comedian has been cast opposite Good Life star Felicity Kendal in the New Zealand production Small Town Scandal.

Actor Tom Sainsbury created the original podcast, in which he played all the parts. In the new version, he limits himself to the pivotal role of the disgraced journalist turned podcast host 

He told showbiz website Deadline: ‘I’ve always loved the quirks of small-town life and getting to bring Small Town Scandal from podcast to screen with such an incredible cast like this has been a dream. 

‘A satirical take on small-town drama and true-crime obsession – it’s absurd, heartfelt, and full of mystery.’

Details of what roles Matafeo and Kendal will play have not yet been released. 

The series will air on Sky New Zealand next year. No UK broadcast has yet been announced, but BBC Studios is handling international sales at the Mipcom trade fair in Cannes next month.

Sainsbury  previously wrote on Wellington Paranormal – the mockumentary sieges created by Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Paul Yates based on police characters from What We Do in the Shadows. 

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Published: 23 Sep 2025

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Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Rose Matafeo is Finally Dead


Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend


Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Rose Matafeo: Horndog


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Rose Matafeo: Horndog


Edinburgh Fringe 2023

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress


Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Rose Matafeo: On and On and On


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